1953 - Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.

1959 - The 1st Grammy Awards are held.

1970 The infamous Kent State Shootings occur. The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others. The students were protesting the United States' invasion of Camobida.

1979 - Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

1989 - Former White House aide Oliver North is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges. The convictions are later overturned on appeal.